Search results matching tags 'Conferences' and 'Quest Software'http://sqlblog.com/search/SearchResults.aspx?o=DateDescending&tag=Conferences,Quest+Software&orTags=0Search results matching tags 'Conferences' and 'Quest Software'en-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.1)Starting this week: Dublin, Maidenhead, and Londonhttp://sqlblog.com/blogs/kevin_kline/archive/2012/03/19/starting-this-week-dublin-maidenhead-and-london.aspxMon, 19 Mar 2012 14:18:00 GMT21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:42384KKline<p>This might be most most overcommitted four-week period of time ever in my life. I’m tired just thinking about it! Not only am I traveling internationally and speaking over the next few weeks, I’m also helping on two book projects, learning some new applications from Quest Software, and helping on a small Transact-SQL refactoring project. </p><p>Swag on hand? I’ve got a special printing of 500 <a title="Quest Software SQL Server Promotions" href="http://www.quest.com/landing/?id=5700">video training DVDs</a> for this trip:</p><p style="padding-left:30px;"><em>SQL Server Training on DMVs </em></p><p style="padding-left:30px;"><em>Performance Monitor and Wait Events</em></p><p>Plus, I’ll have a few posters, stickers, and other goodies. Come see me!</p><h2>SQL Saturday 105; Dublin, Ireland; March 24</h2><p>My maternal grandmother was first generation Irish-American and, somehow, going to Ireland feels a lot like going home to grandmom’s house. And all my Irish friends make it feel like I’m going home to see the extended family – cousins and ‘once-removed’ family types. And on top of that, we get to talk about SQL Server at <a title="The Schedule of Sessions for SQL Saturday #105" href="http://www.sqlsaturday.com/105/schedule.aspx">SQL Saturday #105</a>! I’ll be doing a session called “Top 10 Things Every Developer Should Know”. I’ll also be hanging out at the Quest Software booth much of the day and, just for fun, I plan on doing a completely unscripted lightning talk.</p><h2>SQL Server User Group; Maidenhead, UK; March 27</h2><p>From Dublin, I head over to the lovely town of Maidenhead, UK. I’ll be spending a couple days in the Quest Software office there in Maidenhead, whose SQL Server User Group is lead by fellow Questie Richard Douglas (<a title="Richard Douglas' Blog" href="http://sql.richarddouglas.co.uk/">blog </a>| <a title="Richard Douglas' Twitter Feed" href="http://twitter.com/sqlrich">twitter</a>). I’ll be presenting after Business Intelligence impresario Jen Stirrup (<a title="Jen Stirrup's Blog" href="http://www.jenstirrup.com/">blog </a>| <a title="Jen Stirrup's Twitter Feed" href="http://twitter.com/jenstirrup">twitter</a>). Space is limited, but there are still some seats left.</p><p>I’ve already heard from other twitterati that some great Microsoft SQL Server MVPs will be attending, like Tobiasz Koprowski (<a title="Tobiasz Koprowski's Blog" href="http://koprowskit.eu/geek/">Blog </a>| <a title="Tobiasz J. Koprowski's Twitter Feed" href="http://www.twitter.com/KoprowskiT">Twitter</a>). If you live in south, central England, then this is your chance! Register here: <a href="http://www.sqlserverfaq.com/events/386/Maidenhead-UG-meeting-SQLBits-Preview-Speakers-include-MVPs-Kevin-Kline-and-Jen-Stirrup.aspx">http://www.sqlserverfaq.com/events/386/Maidenhead-UG-meeting-SQLBits-Preview-Speakers-include-MVPs-Kevin-Kline-and-Jen-Stirrup.aspx.</a></p><h2>SQLBits; London, UK; March 29 – 31</h2><p>This is the <em>official </em>launch event for SQL Server 2012! This is your chance to get the best and biggest dose of SQL Server 2012 training for quite some time. <a title="SQLBits, the UK's Biggest SQL Server Event" href="http://www.sqlbits.com/">The free training day event is sold out</a>. However, some of the training day seminars have open seats, including my seminar <em><a title="Kevin Kline's Leadership Skills for the Database Professional" href="http://sqlbits.com/information/Event10/Leadership_Skills_for_the_Database_Professional/TrainingDetails.aspx">Leadership Skills for the Database Professional</a>. </em>This seminar <strong>distills the years of formal training and hard-won experience</strong> I’ve accumulated throughout my career starting as a developer leading a small team, through the founding and early startup years of <a title="The Professional Association for SQL Server" href="http://www.sqlpass.org/">PASS</a>, into my later years leading a large, multi-national development organization. You’ll learn all the skills that are crucial for you to make the leap (and it’s a big one) from full-time technologist to a leader and manager of people.</p><p>And we’ll be hosting our popular SQL trivia quize and IT Horror Stories sessions as well. So be sure to plan on grabbing your lunch and heading into our fun lunch-time sessions!</p><p>I hope to see you at one of these upcoming events! Cheers,</p><p>-Kevin</p><p>-<a title="Kevin Kline's Twitter Feed" href="http://twitter.com/kekline">Follow me on Twitter</a></p>PASS Summit 2011, Day 1 http://sqlblog.com/blogs/kevin_kline/archive/2011/10/13/pass-summit-2011-day-1.aspxThu, 13 Oct 2011 13:40:00 GMT21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:39029KKlineI've already had a few good days in Seattle/Redmond this week, meeting with the Microsoft SQL Server program teams and with other Microsoft SQL Server MVPs. I was as excited as a squeeling Justin Beiber fangirl waiting for his new video, wishing I could tell you all of the cool things I learned at Redmond about the future of SQL Server. But as you'd expect, all of that cool stuff is presently NDA. I'm sure there'll be some cool announcements from Microsoft this week. So be on the lookout for the good word from Microsoft.
<h2>Keynote</h2>
Rushabh Mehta, the PASS president, spent a few moments extolling the value of community and the achievements of the professional association. And he's got a lot to be proud of. PASS has come <span style="text-decoration:underline;">such</span> a long way. One of the most telling facts about the significance of PASS, to me, is that important SQL Server announcements now happen at the PASS Summit. There was a time, and not very long ago too, in which Microsoft made important SQL Server announcements at other Microsoft events like PDC and TechEd. No longer! PASS is the nexus for Microsoft's data management users. And it shows.
Ted Kummert, Microsoft's top data executive, had a lot of exciting talking points about how the community has grown. PASS now has hundreds of chapters worldwide and nearly ninety thousand members. The event has over 4000 paying attendees this year, which means probably around 6000 total attendees including press, exhibitors, speakers, etc. That's big! In fact, that's just about the peak capacity for the Washington State Convention Center here in Seattle. No wonder PASS will be at other locations in the future.
<h2>It's Officially called SQL Server 2012</h2>
SQL Server "Denali" is officially rolling out as <span style="text-decoration:underline;">SQL Server 2012</span>. There are a lot of interesting new developments with SQL12 regarding the way the product is splitting into multiple types of appliances designed for specific workloads and customer needs. Need a massive processing appliance, check! That's PDW. Need a hybrid solution for data housed both on premises and in the cloud? Check. Need processing power for BigData? Need processing for non-relational and unstructured data? Check.
Microsoft's improving tools will culminate in a new release of development tools called "SQL Server Data Tools", formerly known as Project Juneau, while the business intelligence side of the house will have a new set of tools in "Power View", formerly known as Project Crescent. Hadoop figured large in the keynote, as Microsoft acknowledges that many BigData problems are best served by non-relational data stores. Denny Lee, of SQLCAT, proposed an in-house data marketplace during his demos. My face lit up like a kid at a surprise 10-yr birthday party. Really?!? FOR ME?!!? I laugh because I'd been doing that at jobs throughout my career, offering up what I used to call the "data feedstore" to managers within my team. +! for validation of your ideas.
<h2>First Session of the Day</h2>
From there I headed out to my first presentation of the conference, which I was delivering with my pal Buck Woody (<a title="Buck Wouldn't, Woody?" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/b/buckwoody/" target="_blank">blog</a> | <a title="Inventor of the BuckmeisterwoodyfullerIne" href="http://twitter.com/buckwoody" target="_blank">twitter</a>) of Microsoft. Our session was all about Cloud 101 - when it's appropriate to use the cloud and where you can learn more about the specific technologies like IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS. Many IT pros don't know the difference and are being subjected to the "implement it!" decrees of their bosses who simply read an article on an airplane saying that the cloud is the future. The best quote from the Twittersphere about our session? "Elastic is fantastic" I couldn't have said it better!
Speaking of conference sessions, my buddy Brent Ozar (<a title="One of the few, the proud, the MCMs" href="http://brentozar.com/" target="_blank">blog</a> | <a title="Tro-lo-lo with BrentO" href="http://twitter.com/brento" target="_blank">twitter</a>) pointed out this great mobile schedule planning resource:
<p style="padding-left:30px;">Go to <a href="http://guidebookapp.com/getit/">Guidebook</a> and download the app for your iPhone, Windows Phone 7, Android, or Blackberry. After launching it, you’ll be prompted to download a guide. Type in PASS Summit, and we’re near the bottom of the list.</p>
Voila! Instant mobile schedule guidebook to the PASS Summit.
<h2>The Energy is Nuts!</h2>
After delivering my session, it was off to the Exhibit Hall, where I played the role of booth jockey for Quest Software for the rest of the proceedings that day. I noticed two things of significance. First, the crowds were thicker and more energetic than I've seen in years. Wow! I knew attendance was our highest ever, but the crowd was near to bursting out at the seems like a 14-year old kid wearing last season's clothes. So either the Washington State Convention Center is no longer big enough or more planning is needed to make this venue work. When I was in leadership for PASS, planning and properly utilizing the venue was always a logistical nightmare. So I don't envy the current leadership in figuring out how to make the PASS Summit scale to an even larger size. The second thing I noticed was how focused the crowd was. Usually, you get a lot of tire-kickers in the booth who, deep down inside, only want your vendor swag. Yes, we had some cute swag this year (a <a title="The TOAD IDE" href="http://www.toadworld.com" target="_blank">Toad</a> beanie baby and some cool ribbons for your badge). But we also had huge crowds even <em>after </em>we ran out of swag. And, in case you didn't detect the important part of the previous sentence, <em>we ran out of swag!</em> That's right we gave out everything on day 1 of a 3 day event. I nearly <a title="My daughters love Victoria Justice" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6oE23XeZPM" target="_blank">freaked the freak out</a>. What is going on here, folks? Haven't you heard that there's a recession going on?
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&nbsp;Upcoming SQLSaturday Events in Omaha and Atlanta!http://sqlblog.com/blogs/kevin_kline/archive/2011/08/17/upcoming-sqlsaturday-events-in-omaha-and-atlanta.aspxWed, 17 Aug 2011 15:47:00 GMT21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:37857KKline<p><a href="http://sqlsaturday.com/91/schedule.aspx"><img src="http://kevinekline.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/omaha-300x250.jpg" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1776" title="omaha" alt="" height="250" width="300"></a></p><p>I've had enough time off from traveling after my <a href="http://www.nnuh.nhs.uk/docs%5Cdocuments%5C38.htm#umbilical" title="Eeeew! Gross!" target="_blank">surgery</a> to finally travel again.&nbsp; First on the circuit , set for August 27th, is Omaha, Nebraska and <a href="http://sqlsaturday.com/91/eventhome.aspx" title="SQL Saturday in Omaha" target="_blank">SQL Saturday #91</a>.&nbsp;
As a former Crimson Tide alum, I was stoked about going to the
University of Nebraska, our once and future rivals on the Grid Iron.&nbsp;
But after a moment's confusion, I remembered that the Huskers are over
in Lincoln, not Omaha.&nbsp; (May <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bear_Bryant" title="Paul &quot;Bear&quot; Bryant" target="_blank">Bear</a> have mercy on my soul.)</p><p>Almost
all of the speakers are friends.&nbsp; Many are Microsoft MVPs.&nbsp; So it'll be
great to catch up with these fine folks and, I hope, get a chance to
meet many attendees.&nbsp; I'll be doing three of my favorite presentations:
SQL Server Internals &amp; Architecture, <a href="http://kevinekline.com/slides/end-to-end-troubleshooting/" title="Kevin Kline's End-to-End Troubleshooting for Microsoft SQL Server" target="_blank">End-to-End Troubleshooting for Microsoft SQL Server</a>,
and Top Ten Most Crucial DBA Mistakes.&nbsp; As I write this, I realize that
I've got to get busy and post those other slide decks in the slides
section of my website!</p><p>I'll also be visiting a few customers for
the two days before hand, signing a few books, and otherwise trying to
be productive.&nbsp; In the parlance of my employer, that means helping with
sales.</p><p><a href="http://sqlsaturday.com/89/eventhome.aspx"><img src="http://kevinekline.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/atlanta-300x240.jpg" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1777" title="atlanta" alt="" height="240" width="300"></a> </p><p>Next month, on September 17th, I'll be speaking at the <a href="http://sqlsaturday.com/89/eventhome.aspx" title="SQL Saturday in Atlanta" target="_blank">Atlanta SQL Saturday #89</a>.&nbsp;
I'm presenting just one session at the event itself, though I'll be
hanging out at the Quest booth much of the time. If possible, I'm also
going to spend as much time as I can in <a href="http://sqlsaturday.com/viewsession.aspx?sat=89&amp;sessionid=5212" title="Bob Ward, Microsoft Customer Support Services" target="_blank">Bob Ward's sessions</a>.</p><p>In
addition, I'll be presenting a full day pre-conference seminar on
Friday, September 16th covering all sorts of SQL Server performance
tuning and optimization content.&nbsp; There are only a few seats left, so if
you're so inclined <a href="http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1796682927/efblike" title="A Full Day of SQL Server Performance Tuning and Optimization Training" target="_blank">REGISTER HERE ASAP</a>.&nbsp; All attendees will be getting a big goodie bag with posters, a signed copy of one of my books, and a T-Shirt.</p><p>Atlanta
is an easy 4-hour drive from Nashville.&nbsp; And the weather is usually
great in September.&nbsp; So this should be a fun event in every way!</p><p>Follow me on <a href="http://twitter.com/kekline" title="C'mon. You know you want to!" target="_blank">Twitter</a>.</p><p>-Kev</p>Winners at SQLBitshttp://sqlblog.com/blogs/kevin_kline/archive/2011/05/12/winners-at-sqlbits.aspxThu, 12 May 2011 16:10:00 GMT21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:35584KKline<p><br><a href="http://kevinekline.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P40707072.jpg"><img src="http://kevinekline.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P40707072-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1661" title="P4070707" alt="" height="150" width="150"></a>Wow - what a great trip through Europe! <a href="http://www.sqlbits.com" title="SQLBits UK Conference" target="_blank">SQLBits8</a> was in beautiful and sunny <a href="http://www.visitbrighton.com/" title="Brighton, UK" target="_blank">Brighton</a>, which everyone local to the area assures me that it's not usually either. The crowd was large and enthusiastic.
</p><p>We did two rollickin' fun lunch time vendor sessions, one being the SQL Pub Quiz. (I'll tell you about the other one tomorrow in a separate blog post). We used a bingo pub quiz approach and, I have to say, a form of bingo I'd never before seen in my life. We managed to extract quite a bit of fun out of it any way, presentation hiccups and all.
</p><p>
Our giveaway winners were Mark Dodd (at top) and Dave Wimbush (at bottom). </p><p>Congrats!
</p><p>
Enjoy!
</p><p>-Kev
</p><div> <a href="http://twitter.com/kekline" title="C'mon. You know you want to!" target="_blank">Twitter at kekline</a></div>
<a href="http://kevinekline.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P40707101.jpg"><img src="http://kevinekline.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/P40707101-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1663" title="P4070710" alt="" height="150" width="150"></a>Toad Just Keeps Getting Betterhttp://sqlblog.com/blogs/kevin_kline/archive/2010/06/14/toad-just-keeps-getting-better.aspxMon, 14 Jun 2010 18:19:00 GMT21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:26192KKline<h1>Toad for SQL Server Wins Best of TechEd 2010 in the Database
Development Category<br></h1><p>Toad and I go way back.&nbsp; I first started
with Toad as a user on the Oracle DBMS back in the early 1990's.&nbsp; When I
started at Quest Software back on January 2nd of 2002, one of the first
products I tackled as a SQL Server product architect was Toad.&nbsp; How do
we make this very popular Oracle product one that users in the SQL
Server world will love too?&nbsp; And this challenge was made that much
harder by the fact that <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/sql" target="_blank" title="Microsoft's Third
Largest Line of Business">Microsoft SQL Server</a> ships with
fantastic tools right there in the box.&nbsp; I haven't worked directly on
Toad for many years now, but the tool marches on with new features and
capabilities that push the envelop with each new release.&nbsp; </p><p>I want
to applaud the product manager, David Gugick (center below), the
developers and testers, and <a href="http://toadworld.com/" target="_blank" title="Newly updated and
freshened for your enjoyment">the active and supportive community who
loves and embraces Toad</a>.&nbsp; It's always a thrill when your hard work
and efforts are recognized.&nbsp; And a big thanks to the fine folks at <a href="http://www.sqlmag.com" title="I write a column for SQLMag about free SQL Server tools called &quot;Tool Time&quot;" target="_blank">SQLMag</a> and Windows ITPro Mag for making this happen.<br></p><p><br></p><div class="mceTemp
mceIEcenter"><a href="http://kevinekline.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Toad-Winners.jpg"><img src="http://kevinekline.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Toad-Winners-1024x768.jpg" alt="Toad - Winner of &quot;Best of TechEd in Database
Development&quot;" title="Toad Winners" class="size-large wp-image-572" width="1024" height="768"></a><br>L to R: Jason Hall, Qsft head of SC's; David
Gugick, director of Architecture; and me</div><p><br></p><p><br></p><h1>Want
to try Toad for SQL Server for free?&nbsp; </h1><p>The 5.0 version of Toad
for SQL Server that we showed at TechEd is the latest beta, available at
<a href="http://toadworld.com/" target="_blank" title="Toad says &quot;Ribbit&quot;">ToadWorld.com</a>
(build 387 at the time of this writing). It can coexist with Toad for
SQL Server version 4.6, if you're already using it. The beta is quite
stable and has a bevy of new features, including:</p> <ul><li>SQL Azure
support for most modules including data compare and schema compare,
including comparing regular SQL Servers to SQL Azure and back, also with
Firewall management (under Server Security properties panel).</li><li>Much
improved code completion (and it was already rockin'!) that’s faster and allows for column
selection, multi-table selection, with tooltips for parameters.&nbsp; Don't
forget, all of these features work on SQL Server 2000, 2005, 2008, and
2008 R2.<br></li><li>Updated Schema Compare with better exposed
snapshots.</li><li>Group Execute enhancements that include
database-level selection so you can execute across databases, an option
to only show selected servers/databases, option to merge results (or
not), improved merging, etc.</li><li>New Idle Connection Timeout – to
close connections after a period of inactivity.</li><li>Result Set
Pinning.</li><li>Improved Trace support with features like <i>Import
Trace File to Table</i> and <i>Open in Profiler</i> capabilities.<br></li><li>New
Debug Trace – traces all activity occurring inside of Toad, including
storing all variable info in a replayable file.</li><li>Twitter
Integration (under the View – Collaboration panel) with Yammer
integration coming in a future beta release.<br></li></ul><p>You can
also see a lot more details about the tool <a href="http://sqlserver.quest.com/" target="_blank" title="The
public hub for the SQL Server tools team at Quest Software">here</a>.&nbsp;
And my long-standing offer still stands.&nbsp; If you want to try Toad for
SQL Server or its brethren (such as Toad for Data Analysts, Toad Data
Modeler, or Benchmark Factory), drop me an email and I'll get a
long-term license key straight over to you.</p><p><br></p><h1>But wait,
there's more!<br></h1><p>There are so many great resources for you to
tap into.&nbsp; And best of all, they're all free!&nbsp; Check these out:</p><p><br></p><p style="padding-left:30px;"><b>White
Paper: <a href="http://blogs.prod.quest.corp/engine/getdoc.asp?id=7834&amp;folder=151" target="_blank">How Managers Can Help Their Developers Write Excellent
Code</a></b> </p><p style="padding-left:60px;">In this white paper, renowned Oracle PL/SQL expert and fellow <a href="http://oreilly.com/" target="_blank" title="The Best Damn Book Publisher on the Planet">O'Reilly</a>
author <a href="http://www.stevenfeuerstein.com/" target="_blank" title="We've been friends as long as we've
been O'Reilly authors">Steven Feuerstein</a> provides
dev managers with guidance on how to help developers write the best
software possible.</p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;"><b>Live
Product Demo:</b> <b><a href="http://www.quest.com/events/listdetails.aspx?contentid=8653&amp;technology=8&amp;prod=&amp;prodfamily=&amp;loc=">Toad®
Data Modeler</a></b><br>
Date: Wednesday, June 16, 2010<br>
Time: 11:00 a.m. PT / 2:00 p.m. ET</p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;"><b>Modern
Analyst Webinar: </b><b><a href="http://www.modernanalyst.com/Webinars/tabid/207/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1358/Stressfree-SQL-Queries-for-the-Analyst.aspx">Stress-free
SQL Queries for the Analyst</a></b><br>
<b>Date:</b> Thursday, June 17, 2010<br>
<b>Time:</b> 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM&nbsp;PST</p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;"><b>Live
Product Demo:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.quest.com/events/listdetails.aspx?contentid=8607&amp;technology=8&amp;prod=&amp;prodfamily=&amp;loc=">
Toad® for Data Analysts</a></b><br>
<b>Date:</b> Tuesday, June 22, 2010<br>
<b>Time:</b> 11:00 a.m. PT / 2:00 p.m. ET</p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;"><b>Live
Product Demo: <a href="http://www.quest.com/events/listdetails.aspx?contentid=9261&amp;technology=8&amp;prod=&amp;prodfamily=&amp;loc=">Benchmark
Factory®&nbsp;for Databases</a></b><b><br>
</b>Date: Wednesday, June 23, 2010<br>
Time: 11:00 a.m. PT / 2:00 p.m. ET</p><p><br></p><p>I look forward to
hearing from you.&nbsp; Enjoy!</p><p>-Kevin<br></p>April Omnibushttp://sqlblog.com/blogs/kevin_kline/archive/2010/04/20/april-omnibus.aspxTue, 20 Apr 2010 15:20:00 GMT21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:24467KKline<p>I freely admit it - I'm a sluggard.&nbsp; I should be blogging a couple
times per week and <a href="http://twitter.com/kekline" target="_blank" title="Tweets from my beek">tweeting</a>
in between.&nbsp; But, for some unknown reason, April has been a tough month
to get this in gear.&nbsp; Hence, I'm putting out an <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/omnibus" target="_blank" title="&quot;Omni&quot; from the Greek &quot;all&quot;, &quot;Bus&quot;
from the Greek word &quot;lazy as heck&quot; ">omnibus</a> post
to cover all of the stuff I've been up to, instead of the one-off's I
usually post when I've got something new to mention.<br></p><p>Isn't it
funny how life gets in the way of the stuff we <i>want and intend</i> to
do?&nbsp; As they say - "The road to hell is paved with good intentions", or
was that Detroit?&nbsp; But I digress.</p><h1>A New Translation!</h1><p>I
don't like to toot my own horn.&nbsp; [sarcasm on] You can tell that I'm
completely honest when I say that since I have a couple blogs and a
twitter account. [sarcasm off]&nbsp; But one thing I'm really proud of is how
popular <a href="http://kevinekline.com/bibliography/" target="_blank" title="I lobbied to have it pronounced
&quot;SQUEEL in a Nutshell&quot;, but lost that argument"><i>SQL in a Nutshell</i></a>
is.&nbsp; It's now translated into approximately eight languages, with
Russian being the newest language:</p><div class="mceTemp
mceIEcenter"><a href="http://kevinekline.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/CIMG2590-01.jpg"><img src="http://kevinekline.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/CIMG2590-01-255x300.jpg" alt="" title="CIMG2590-01" class="size-medium wp-image-512" width="255" height="300"></a><br>I'm
even more proud of my lil' girl than that book!</div><p>I also
had the pleasure of working with another translator and I'm looking
forward to having a copy of the book in <i>simplified Chinese soon too</i>!</p><h1>Lots
of Speaking Events Coming!</h1><p>There will be more details on my <a href="http://kevinekline.com/upcoming-events/" target="_blank" title="Links to my upcoming events. Plus, past event
archives.">Events</a> page soon, but
here's the run down on what's just around the corner:</p><ul><li>May 4;
recording a spot for <a href="http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/TechNet_Radio/" target="_blank" title="No actual radio waves
are used in the production of this show.">TechNet Radio</a><br></li><li>May
13-14; <a href="http://louisville.sqlpass.org/" target="_blank" title="The locals pronounce it
&quot;Loovull&quot;">Louisville, KY</a>; Stored
Procedure Best Practices</li><li>May 20; <a href="http://www.sqlpass.org/24hours/2010/Sessions/Top10MistakesonSQLServer.aspx" target="_blank" title="Are
you gonna stay up all night? SQLRockStar did!">24
Hours of PASS</a>; Top 10 Mistakes on SQL Server<br></li><li>May 22; <a href="http://www.indytechfest.com/Home.aspx" target="_blank" title="Yeah, yeah - they got the Colts. Yeah, yeah -
they got the Indy 500.">Indianapolis, IN</a>; SQL
Server Internals &amp; Architecture</li><li>June 7-11; <a href="http://www.quest.com/events/listdetails.aspx?contentid=11067&amp;technology=&amp;prod=&amp;prodfamily=&amp;loc" target="_blank" title="Back in the Big Easy!">Microsoft
TechEd Conference in New Orleans, LA</a>; Birds of a Feather and Ask
The Experts<br></li><li>June 23; <a href="http://knoxsql.sqlpass.org/" target="_blank" title="About a 3
hour drive from my home in Nashville">Knoxville, TN</a>; ditto the Indy
event</li><li>Aug 5-7; <a href="http://e2ma.net/go/6652215849/208168770/212293794/29855/goto:http://www.devlink.net/ConferenceAgenda/Speakers.aspx" target="_blank" title="An excellent Nashville
IT conference located at Lipscomb University ">DevLink</a>
in Nashville, TN; several sessions throughout the conference<br></li></ul><p>I
also have three "Pain of the Week" webcasts schedule with Quest over
the next couple months, with great co-hosts like Buck Woody and Grant
Fritchey.&nbsp; The sessions aren't officially scheduled yet, but you can
find them <a href="http://www.quest.com/backstage/pow.aspx" target="_blank" title="Quest Software's SQL Server Pain of
the As... er, Week Webcasts">here</a>.<br></p><p>Also,
a big thanks to the local PASS chapter in Houston for the warm welcome
they put out when I spoke there on April 12 and to the fine folks in
Chicago for their awesome SQL Saturday on April 17th.<br></p><h1>New
Articles and Session Recordings<br></h1><p>I had a couple new articles
come out last month which I either wrote or added commentary too,
including <a href="http://searchsqlserver.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid87_gci1508035,00.html" target="_blank" title="A TechTarget site. Hmmm -
&quot;Target&quot; and &quot;Search&quot; seem to be a theme here.">Master
Data Services could spur SQL Server 2008 R2 migrations</a> appearing at
<a href="http://searchsqlserver.com/" target="_blank" title="Good stuff about SQL Server!">SearchSQLServer.com</a>.</p><p>The
PASS DBA Virtual Chapter just posted a recording of my session on <a href="http://dba.sqlpass.org/MeetingArchive/tabid/1982/Default.aspx" target="_blank" title="A special interest group for database
administration">SQL
Server Internals and Architecture</a>.</p><p>I made an appearance on
Microsoft's Thrive website as their <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/click/thrive/?p=Pro-Kevin%20Kline" target="_blank" title="Weird
transcript on-line that was created using automated voice translation.">IT Pro
of the Month</a> for March.&nbsp; I also had the opportunity to work with
Steve Wynkoop at his <a href="http://www.vconferenceonline.com/shows/spring10/uvc/" target="_blank" title="Swish a swig of the
SSWUG">SSWUG.org
vConference</a> in March.<br></p><p>And don't forget about the
incredibly popular Quest vConference that Brent, Ari, and I did on
troubleshooting and performance tuning using SQL Server DMV's.&nbsp; You can
get the code samples, download the slides, and rate the presentations at
<a href="http://questkb.com/live" target="_blank" title="It Lives! It LIVES!!!">http://questkb.com/live</a>
and/or <a href="http://www.vconferenceonline.com/shows/spring10/quest/conference/ondemand.asp">http://www.vconferenceonline.com/shows/spring10/quest/conference/ondemand.asp</a><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>Where You Can Find Me At the PASS Summithttp://sqlblog.com/blogs/kevin_kline/archive/2009/11/01/where-you-can-find-me-at-the-pass-summit.aspxMon, 02 Nov 2009 03:53:00 GMT21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:18450KKline<p>In previous years, I hardly had time to sit down and catch a breather at a <a href="http://www.sqlpass.org/" title="The Professional Association for SQL Server" target="_blank">PASS Summit</a>.&nbsp; Between my duties as an officer of PASS, exhibit hall time with <a href="http://sqlserver.quest.com/" title="Quest Software" target="_blank">Quest Software</a>
(my employer), speaking in my own sessions, and meeting with PASS
volunteers and community organizers, I was busy from the crack of dawn
until midnight all week long.</p>
<p>Fortunately, those grueling marathons are fading into the past. I
still have a busy slate ahead of me for next week.&nbsp; But it looks like
I'll even have time to attend some sessions.&nbsp; Yeah!&nbsp; Here's what I've
currently got planned:</p>
<h3>Monday, Nov 2</h3>
<p style="padding-left:30px;">Depart for Seattle, 5:10 am.&nbsp; O.M.G. - that means I have to get up <i>before </i>I go to bed.<br></p><p style="padding-left:30px;">Noon, arrive in Seattle<br>
</p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;">Lunch with the PASS board of directors</p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;"><a href="http://summit2009.sqlpass.org/Agenda/PrePostConferenceSessions/NetworkingtoBuildBusinessContacts.aspx" title="Networking to Build Business Contacts Seminar" target="_blank">Networking Seminar</a>, by Don Gabor, from 4:30 - 6:30 pm</p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;"><a href="http://summit2009.sqlpass.org/Agenda/SpecialEvents.aspx#Quizbowl" title="Quiz Bowl" target="_blank">PASS Quiz Bowl &amp; Welcome Reception</a>, playing in a team with the mighty <a href="http://www.brentozar.com/" title="BrentO's Blog" target="_blank">BrentO</a>, from 6:30 - 8:00 pm</p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;">SQLServerCentral Party, from 8:00 - 10:00 pm</p>
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<h3>Tuesday, Nov 3</h3>
<p style="padding-left:30px;">Keynote, 7:45 - 10:00 am</p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;">Birds of a Feather Luncheon, 11:45 - 1:00 pm, hosting the table "<span id="dnn_ctr1046_ContentPane">Moving from Technologist to Manager"</span></p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;"><span>Exhibit Hall at the Quest Software booth, 11:00 - 4:00 pm </span></p>
<p style="padding-left:30px;"><a href="http://summit2009.sqlpass.org/Agenda/ProgramSessions/TheUltimateFreeSQLServerToolkit.aspx" target="_blank" title="Kevin's First Session at PASS 2009"><span>Session "The Ultimate Free SQL Server Toolkit", 3:00 - 4:15 pm, </span>Room 615-61</a>7</p><p style="padding-left:30px;">Book Signing at the Quest Software booth, 6:00 - 8:00 pm, giving away signed copies of <a href="http://kevinekline.com/bibliography/" target="_blank" title="Kevin's Book Titles">Database Benchmarking</a><br></p><p style="padding-left:30px;">Microsoft MVP Insider Event, until 10:00 pm</p><p style="padding-left:30px;">Collapse<br></p>
<h3>Wednesday, Nov 4<br>
</h3>
<p style="padding-left:30px;">Quest Breakfast seminar and live webcast, <a href="http://www.quest.com/events/listdetails.aspx?contentid=10441&amp;technology=34&amp;prod=&amp;prodfamily=&amp;loc" target="_blank" title="Quest Breakfast Seminar">Simplify Management with DMVs</a>, 7:00 - 8:30 am, along with other SQL Server luminaries BrentO, Buck Woody, Louis Davidson, and Tim Ford.</p><p style="padding-left:30px;"><a href="http://summit2009.sqlpass.org/Agenda/SpecialEvents.aspx#Deep_Dives" target="_blank" title="MVP SQL Server Deep Dives">MVP Deep Dives Book Signing</a>, 11:30 - 12:00 pm, Come out get a book signed by all the authors!</p><p style="padding-left:30px;"><a href="http://www.sqlpass.org/Community/PASSBlog/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/119/Interact-with-the-PASS-Board-at-the-Summit.aspx" title="PASS Board Q&amp;A Time" target="_blank">PASS Board Q&amp;A</a>, 4:30 - 6:15 pm, Room 6E<br></p><p style="padding-left:30px;">I'll
also be popping out for meetings with various Microsoft PMs, a dinner
with my Quest colleagues, and plenty of time in the exhibit hall at the
Quest Software booth.</p><p style="padding-left:30px;">Collapse<br></p>
<h3>Thursday, Nov 5<br>
</h3>
<p style="padding-left:30px;"><a href="http://summit2009.sqlpass.org/Agenda/ProgramSessions/TeamManagementCrashCourse.aspx" target="_blank" title="Kevin's Second Session">Session "Team Management Crash Course", 10:45 - 12:00 pm, Room 612</a><br></p><p style="padding-left:30px;">Chapter
Luncheon, 12:00 - 1:00 pm, Expo Hall 4b.&nbsp; Come and join me, especially
if you're anywhere near the local PASS chapter in <a href="http://nashville.sqlpass.org/" target="_blank" title="Nashville SQLPASS Chapter">Music City - Nashville, TN</a>. </p>
<h3>Friday, Nov 6</h3>
<p style="padding-left:30px;">Early departure back to Nashville.&nbsp; In
years past, I always had to stay until Saturday morning because of all
of the important PASS work going on.&nbsp; The important PASS work still
goes on, but it's in the able hands of a new generation of leaders.&nbsp; As
for me, I get to head home to be with my family one day early.&nbsp; Yippee!<br></p><p>I hope to see you there.&nbsp; Don't forget the really awesome and cool SQL Twitter Bingo, if you're in to Twitter.&nbsp; The rules are <a href="http://codegumbo.com/index.php/2009/10/21/sql-pass-twitter-bingo-the-rules-so-far/" target="_blank" title="Stuart Ainsworth's fine SQL Server blog">HERE</a> and the bingo cards are <a href="http://www.sqlserverpedia.com/bingo/" target="_blank" title="As cool as SQLServerPedia and as functional as a Bingo card, with pictures of SQL nerds too!">HERE</a>.</p><p>Cheers, </p><p>-Kevin</p><p>&nbsp;Twitter @kekline<br></p>